| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Almandine |
| Formula: | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Comments: | Usually as small crystals a few mm across in sugary albitite. |
| Habit: | trapezohedral |
| Colour: | red |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Albite | 4 |
| Muscovite | 2 |
| Zircon | 1 |
| - var Cyrtolite | 1 |
| Quartz | 1 |
| Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series | 1 |
| Microlite Group | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Almandine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Simpson Quarry (Wiarda Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (4 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 254946 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:254946:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Almandine |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘGriswold Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHollister prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHowe Quarry (Howe #1 Quarry; Huspband Quarry), South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘGas pipeline excavation, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.6km (0.4 miles) | ⓘHusband Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘPegmatite prospects, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘEureka Quarries, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA |
| 1.3km (0.8 miles) | ⓘHale Quarry (Andrews Quarry; Glastonbury Quarry), Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘCase Quarry No. 3, Case Quarries, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘBordonaro Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA |
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Simpson Quarry, South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA